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governor dean, i have to ask you, your kids were roughly their age when you were government of vermont. you know what it is like for kids to live under having a father in this kind of position. what is your reaction to what the nra has done here? >> well, first of all i think kids are always off bounds. and if they're not, the press should not be doing it. here you have an organization that is doing it. let's look at the difference between the nra members, who at least in my state are reasonable people. from the nra leadership in washington, which are hate-mongering fundraisers. they are appealing to people who hate and by using the president's rhetoric, first, about the high taxes on rich people. and then using his kids. these are not respectable people. these are hate mongering and they're extremists, and they crossed a line and a line that i would guess that 90% of americans agree has been crossed. i think they have done themselves terrible, terrible damage. there is a reason, for example, you haven't seen wayne lapierre on the talk shows after sort of the spitting rant that he gave
governor dean, i have to ask you, your kids were roughly their age when you were government of vermont. you know what it is like for kids to live under having a father in this kind of position. what is your reaction to what the nra has done here? >> well, first of all i think kids are always off bounds. and if they're not, the press should not be doing it. here you have an organization that is doing it. let's look at the difference between the nra members, who at least in my state are...
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if the federal government just vanished, the northeast would become richer and the south would become poorer. because there is a large transfer of wealth in tax dollars from the north down to the south. so why they would want to mess with that arrangement is beyond me. >> professor michael eric dyson and ryan grim whose office enjoys watching our broadcast even as he speaks to us, thanks very much. much more ahead. but first sue herrera has the market wrap. >> good afternoon. here's a look how today wall street finished the trading session. it snapped a winning streak. and the dow finishes the trading session on the downside by about 24 points or so. the standard & poor's fractionally higher by a quarter of a point. and the nasdaq up about seven points on the trading session. that's it from cnbc. we are first in business worldwide. martin is back after a very quick break. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy lif
if the federal government just vanished, the northeast would become richer and the south would become poorer. because there is a large transfer of wealth in tax dollars from the north down to the south. so why they would want to mess with that arrangement is beyond me. >> professor michael eric dyson and ryan grim whose office enjoys watching our broadcast even as he speaks to us, thanks very much. much more ahead. but first sue herrera has the market wrap. >> good afternoon. here's...
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the government when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. this is a significant development. it shows a lot of people thought we were looking ahead to the debt ceiling and the republicans had a lot more leverage. that can call it into question. >> that are sounds like the president describes. i use the word lurching to the next crisis ahead. it was the fiscal cliff and then it was republicans will get their day with the debt ceiling. now they will get their day with government shut down. >> you would chat with folks at the white house and president bush indicated this in the press conference he held. there two different things. the debt ceiling will be at risk for the country's well being. after all it was in 1995, 1996 there was a federal government shut down and they butted heads and the economy survived. when we had the debate over the debt ceiling that led to the downgrade. they are two different fights and the republicans might be willing to fight on another one. there won't be as big of a risk short-term to the u.s. economy. >> thank y
the government when it comes to raising the debt ceiling. this is a significant development. it shows a lot of people thought we were looking ahead to the debt ceiling and the republicans had a lot more leverage. that can call it into question. >> that are sounds like the president describes. i use the word lurching to the next crisis ahead. it was the fiscal cliff and then it was republicans will get their day with the debt ceiling. now they will get their day with government shut down....
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it saves the government money. in terms of the subsidies, in the exchanges, it would be one option that americans could choose. the cost would be 5% to 7% less and it would be an anchor pulling down because of competition the cost of the private sector plans as well. it is a win-win, as you said, for small businesses, for consumers and for american taxpayers. it would bring the deficit down. now, don't you think that it would be something that the republicans would want to embrace? and, yet, it seems as if maybe taking a penny away from private insurance companies, that's not the kind of deficit they want. >> do you think that any of them are going to get on board here? how can they come out and say these numbers aren't right? >> no, the numbers are right. i am still hopeful. if they are serious, this is a serious proposal about how to reduce the deficit. it seems too often that what they want is the prize, the trophy of actually reducing benefits. and the beauty of a public option is that it doesn't do that. it of
it saves the government money. in terms of the subsidies, in the exchanges, it would be one option that americans could choose. the cost would be 5% to 7% less and it would be an anchor pulling down because of competition the cost of the private sector plans as well. it is a win-win, as you said, for small businesses, for consumers and for american taxpayers. it would bring the deficit down. now, don't you think that it would be something that the republicans would want to embrace? and, yet, it...
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and we know that government doesn't move quickly. and we know that culture and societal change probably -- well, not probably, moves much slower than that. it's glacial. so there may be quick moves in legislation here. there may be quick policy announcements or quick policy stances taken by lots of different people. but we're talking what this group is talking about is change that may outlast a great number of legislators' careers. so this may good through a couple of generations of people in positions of representation. and if that's what it takes, that's what it takes, because we're all in it for that long. so i'm not concerned. i don't concern myself with statements about, well, this can't happen now, or we have enough votes for this or that, or we can protect this or that in terms of whatever policy may be available. look at the history of our country, the safety measures we put in place to make the country safer, you know, any number of things. it never happens overnight. >> and the other part is we're still really grieving. >>
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that's why i'm not taking the state the federal government should be doing this. the reason is a reasonable one. is it important enough for us to pay for it or do we go to china and japan and say we don't have enough money to take care of our own people, will you lend it to us? it bothers me and i would hope it would bother you a bit. >> of course all of this debt should bother all of us. that i grant you. but congressman, are you telling me it is not important enough -- yes, you were standing up to your chest in debris. people lost everything. people are living in shelters. people are living in trailers in the cold. and you're telling me if they pass that aid bill we have to go to china. of course we don't have to go to china. we can pay the bill as we continue these debt negotiations. we can get some of your fellow republicans to increase on revenues. we can deal with the defense budget. but when you say whether we pay now or later but you're not talking about a delay. i went to public schools in brooklyn but now or later means delay. >> look at it this way. the
that's why i'm not taking the state the federal government should be doing this. the reason is a reasonable one. is it important enough for us to pay for it or do we go to china and japan and say we don't have enough money to take care of our own people, will you lend it to us? it bothers me and i would hope it would bother you a bit. >> of course all of this debt should bother all of us. that i grant you. but congressman, are you telling me it is not important enough -- yes, you were...
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government, and in some cases the u.s. press were very interested in hearing all the horrible things they had to say about saddam. now, saddam was a horrible guy, so it wasn't hard to find horrible things to say about him. but the known record of his awful behavior toward his own people had previously not been enough to get the u.s. to invade iraq. but once the bush administration got bent on war, once it seemed like the u.s. was being led to war, and it just needed to be tipped a little bit further, all sorts of new horrible things about saddam hussein that hadn't been known before started to pop up in the press. a cia report that saddam had imported aluminum tubes that could be used in centrifuges to enrich uranium to make nuclear weapons that exciting little piece of data, which proved to be out of context and not true. that's not what the tubes were for. that nevertheless ended up on the front page of the "new york times." it had been leaked to "the new york times" by people inside the bush administration who had acces
government, and in some cases the u.s. press were very interested in hearing all the horrible things they had to say about saddam. now, saddam was a horrible guy, so it wasn't hard to find horrible things to say about him. but the known record of his awful behavior toward his own people had previously not been enough to get the u.s. to invade iraq. but once the bush administration got bent on war, once it seemed like the u.s. was being led to war, and it just needed to be tipped a little bit...
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government funding and government shutdown, different story. >>> let's turn back to the big story of the day. and that is the president's push on guns and the coming fight with both congress and the nra. in addition to calling on congress to pass gun control legislation, the president will propose a set of executive actions. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is here to help explain some of those executive actions. a big one that we know he's going to call for is this idea, pete, of basically ordering the justice department to prosecute people that fail background checks. explain why that hasn't been done before, and how it can be done. >> sure, first of all. the federal law makes it a crime for somebody to falsify, knowingly falsify information to their background checks, saying that they're qualified to have a gun when they're not. presumably, most people know when they've been dishonorably discharged from the military, whether they have the felony conviction, whether they have a misdemeanor, domestic violence conviction. whether they're a drug abuser. whether they've been j
government funding and government shutdown, different story. >>> let's turn back to the big story of the day. and that is the president's push on guns and the coming fight with both congress and the nra. in addition to calling on congress to pass gun control legislation, the president will propose a set of executive actions. nbc's justice correspondent pete williams is here to help explain some of those executive actions. a big one that we know he's going to call for is this idea,...
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there is actually coalition government now and it's becoming increasingly clear that governor cuomo has a hell of a lot of control and you know, when you look at the bill, members didn't even read the bill. they didn't even know what was in the bill when they were voting on this stuff because there was such a push to make sure the governor could sign it in due order before the national push that you have already seen. and the other thing that i said, which wasn't shown, is the fact that i have a mom in my district who has a schizophrenic bipolar child. she wrote me a letter. she talks about the fact she doesn't feel safe for herself or her neighbors. after the passage of this bill, that hasn't been solved. if this governor is serious about cracking down on animals that would attack children, that would attack the innocent, we have to deal with the issue of the violently mentally ill that are falling through the cracks in the state of new york, because we have a kangaroo system that really needs to be embraced and addressed in a very serious way. >> certainly this will be seen as an exam
there is actually coalition government now and it's becoming increasingly clear that governor cuomo has a hell of a lot of control and you know, when you look at the bill, members didn't even read the bill. they didn't even know what was in the bill when they were voting on this stuff because there was such a push to make sure the governor could sign it in due order before the national push that you have already seen. and the other thing that i said, which wasn't shown, is the fact that i have...
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the government has the right to regulate in any way to the limits of the law. they absolutely can do that and they have a compelling interest in doing that. there are things the executive could do without congress and the president should do them all. we haven't had an atf, head of the atf for six years. they should vigorously go after gun trafficking. a lot of weapons are bought in the secondary market. >> 40% of gun sales have no background check whatsoever. >> exactly. >> 40%. >> exactly. all you would have to do to close that up would be to say, okay, fine, if you sell a gun to someone who otherwise couldn't pass a background check, then the liability for any crime committed with that weapon rebounds to you. that would create an incentive for people to do it on their own without any mandate from congress, that people would start doing background checks if they thought they could be liable. >> many of our viewers have been watching new york governor andrew cuomo who at this point the new york assembly at this moment is voting through an assault weapons ban a
the government has the right to regulate in any way to the limits of the law. they absolutely can do that and they have a compelling interest in doing that. there are things the executive could do without congress and the president should do them all. we haven't had an atf, head of the atf for six years. they should vigorously go after gun trafficking. a lot of weapons are bought in the secondary market. >> 40% of gun sales have no background check whatsoever. >> exactly. >>...
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the federal government could reopen its criminal investigation of him if he does, in fact, make statements admitting to this, and the justice department could join a false claim or whistle blower lawsuit that's been brought by floyd landis because of the fact that the tour de france team was sponsored by the u.s. postal service, and the claim is the deposit was defrauded. so, you know, clearly he is going to get sued. he is going to have more legal exposure, but it seems to be a decision by his team that they'll just face that and deal with it as it comes. >> and already individuals who are really hurt, ann. betsy andrew, the former family friend of armstrong's, talk to harry smith for rock center and compared armstrong to bernie madoff. this was only in october. >> because bernie madoff was one of the biggest frauds in the history of the world. m history of finance maybe. lance is the biggest fraud in the history of sport. >> what happens to his teammates and to all the others that are affected by this? he is saying apparently to oprah that there was a level playing field because this was
the federal government could reopen its criminal investigation of him if he does, in fact, make statements admitting to this, and the justice department could join a false claim or whistle blower lawsuit that's been brought by floyd landis because of the fact that the tour de france team was sponsored by the u.s. postal service, and the claim is the deposit was defrauded. so, you know, clearly he is going to get sued. he is going to have more legal exposure, but it seems to be a decision by his...
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but if our government could create some stability and provide business owners and entrepreneurs with some predictability on what's to come, i think we would see investments just unleash and a lot of employment come back in our country. >> what do you think is the biggest spending problem in congress? >> well, if you look at what the president has done over the last two years, he has actually cut $2.4 trillion over the next decade. so he's taken an attempt to reduce spending. there is more that can be done. we really have to address some of the other programs we have down the road. things like social security, medicare. these are programs in the future that need to be addressed. now, they are some of the most successful programs in our country's history. so we need to make sure we protect them. but we need to look at their long-term sustainability. >> the business round table is out with a recommendation this morning. they think the retirement age should be boosted all the way to 70. would you support something like that, or some increase in the retirement age when it comes to social
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it is whatever the controlling government authority says it is. it's whatever the government decides the assault weapons ban is, and in this case the state of new york decided what it is and decided to ban it. >> let's listen to what rush limbaugh said about it. >> none of these proposals would have stopped the shooter in newtown, connecticut, there, no such thing as an assault weapon, that is a catch-all term, there is no such thing, that is not an official category. if they could write their ticket, if they could, they would eliminate guns. and there are a whole host of reasons why, and safety is probably not in the top five. i say it in a non-threatening way. the wet dream plan for eliminating guns in this country has been a plan that the left has had for years. and it has been sitting in a drawer, somewhere waiting to be pulled out at the appropriate time just like health care was. >> karen finney joining us from washington. is this provision, which you can't have a magazine that holds more than seven bullets. and so that need to reload after
it is whatever the controlling government authority says it is. it's whatever the government decides the assault weapons ban is, and in this case the state of new york decided what it is and decided to ban it. >> let's listen to what rush limbaugh said about it. >> none of these proposals would have stopped the shooter in newtown, connecticut, there, no such thing as an assault weapon, that is a catch-all term, there is no such thing, that is not an official category. if they could...
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firing at government officials. >> right. we don't need to do it right now, but if things get worse, we have to do it. look, all those guys do is drive ordinary, responsible people to the conclusion that we've got to do something and we've got to do it now. >> well, and i agree -- >> again, i hate to put you back in your pocket, in the republican party, but will they allow themselves to be positioned by the press or by their numbers or by their crazy people into being the party as i said, the party of guns over people? >> i don't think so, and i don't think that any self-respecting republican is going to take on the moniker of guns over people. >> how about the unself-respecting like steve stockton -- >> i do know this, chris. i appreciate both sides of this argument, which is why it's timely. let's just put it -- >> you appreciate the argument you need a gun to protect yourself from the government? >> i do appreciate that to a certain extent, sure. i understand where it comes from, and so that's a lot of this conversation ha
firing at government officials. >> right. we don't need to do it right now, but if things get worse, we have to do it. look, all those guys do is drive ordinary, responsible people to the conclusion that we've got to do something and we've got to do it now. >> well, and i agree -- >> again, i hate to put you back in your pocket, in the republican party, but will they allow themselves to be positioned by the press or by their numbers or by their crazy people into being the...
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you know, the reality is i'm not, but i think that the gun laws we have in this country pretty much govern the people who are safe, who are sane, who handle a weapon in a responsible manner. and again, time and again when we see these mass shootings, we see the crimes against another person, these are not gun owners who have gone through safety courses. these are not people with a legitimate permit to carry. 300 million guns in america. 310 million americans. those guns are out there. and until we change the culture and until we change the mentality of using guns to resolve conflict, we're going to see more and more of these type of shootings. whether it's a mass murderer or whether it's two people either on the streets of chicago or a texas community college try to resolve conflict at the tip of a gun. >> clint, the vast majority of these shootings that we're talking about are young men who are about 16, 17 to 25 years old. what is it about the psychology, the ego, the testosterone of being a young man that makes this come to this young violence head so often? >> well, you know, when we'r
you know, the reality is i'm not, but i think that the gun laws we have in this country pretty much govern the people who are safe, who are sane, who handle a weapon in a responsible manner. and again, time and again when we see these mass shootings, we see the crimes against another person, these are not gun owners who have gone through safety courses. these are not people with a legitimate permit to carry. 300 million guns in america. 310 million americans. those guns are out there. and until...
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and i think that is more good government issue. it is just absurd to have ignorant congressmen deciding the research that should be done. right? that ought to be left to research agencies. i am not particularly a fan of some of the research engines that the government funded. but that is an argument that ought to be made in congress. scientists ought to be driven by scientists and not by politicians. >> thank you for increasing my vocabulary there at the end. >> thank you. >>> coming up, you have heard about the fiasco at notre dame. no? i don't mean the fake tragedy about the girl. i mean the real tragedy. >>> and later, the business leaders at the table have an idea for social security. and the burden that falls on the company they run. tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta®(eszopiclone) can help you get there. like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or en
and i think that is more good government issue. it is just absurd to have ignorant congressmen deciding the research that should be done. right? that ought to be left to research agencies. i am not particularly a fan of some of the research engines that the government funded. but that is an argument that ought to be made in congress. scientists ought to be driven by scientists and not by politicians. >> thank you for increasing my vocabulary there at the end. >> thank you....
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the government spends too much. we have a spending problem. you hear that all the time from republicans and if you look at the numbers, try to look at where the money is going out, it is not from discretionary spending is not the problem. the problem is we have an aging population and the problem is we have exploding health care costs. the problem is also that we slash tax rates and didn't have interest in paying for it and went to two wars and decided to put them on credit cards and the problem was the economy collapsed in 2008 and when the economy collapsed in 2008 revenues collapsed with it. >> every little bit helps, steve. >> but that is -- that is the reason why we have major defi t deficits right now. not because this bill is 50 when it should be 47 billion. nothing to do with it. >> i also love and not saying that you made this argument but other republicans have made the argument that, you know, when you're talking about raising taxes on the wealthy, oh, not very much. but when you're talking about cutting earmarks, suddenly, it's eve
the government spends too much. we have a spending problem. you hear that all the time from republicans and if you look at the numbers, try to look at where the money is going out, it is not from discretionary spending is not the problem. the problem is we have an aging population and the problem is we have exploding health care costs. the problem is also that we slash tax rates and didn't have interest in paying for it and went to two wars and decided to put them on credit cards and the...
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today there's a commerce in it, and this same conspiracy that the government is going to grab your guns and use a false flag attack on american citizens to -- up next, the lighter moments of president obama's term. remember to follow me on twitter. male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce the risk of an afib-related stroke. there is limited data on how these drugs compare when warfarin is well managed. no routine blood monitoring
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firing at government officials. >> right. we don't need to do it right his opponents, and he's winning. >>> and the house of representatives is voting on a relief package for the victims of superstorm sandy. will republicans stand up to help those hit by the storm? >>> let me finish with a republican party that's beginning to sound and look like a pack of moonshiners. they don't like those revenuers. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> next monday president obama will be sworn into office for his second presidential term, and we continue our look back at great inaugural moments. here is the first president who was born in the 20th century, john f. kennedy. >> let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of americans born in this century, tempered by war ,disciplined by a hard and bitter feast, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the small undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been com
firing at government officials. >> right. we don't need to do it right his opponents, and he's winning. >>> and the house of representatives is voting on a relief package for the victims of superstorm sandy. will republicans stand up to help those hit by the storm? >>> let me finish with a republican party that's beginning to sound and look like a pack of moonshiners. they don't like those revenuers. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> next...
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we'll have that clip and a check of whether when way too early comes back. >> in the councils of government bemust guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military industrial complex. the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in good hands? except what it's done to my hair, so i'm doing something new. new age defy shampoo, conditioner and treatment from pantene. it's a system with pro-vitamins and caffeine. 7 signs of aging hair, like dryness and damage, virtually disappear. to make it act up to 10 years younger. my hair act its age? never. new age defy. hair acts up to 10 years younger. from the pantene expert collection. hair acts up to 10 years younger. iimagine living your life withss less chronic low back pain.. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved
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the government will never come and take my guns. the administration will go further to reassure them. for some of them, it may slow down how many weapons they could buy but at the same time they would still have access to firearms for hunting and self defense. the divide between most gun owners and the nra leadership and the more active members of the nra is that something that they believe but only say in the selective environment is they want to have enough fire power to fight police and military forces. >> frank smyth thank you for joining me tonight. some more unmasking of the nr are a is next. tom sellek has been with the nra for years. is he a man of courage or does he just play one on tv? what are you doing? nothing. are you stealing our daughter's school supplies and taking them to work? no, i was just looking for my stapler and my... this thing. i save money by using fedex ground and buy my own supplies. that's a great idea. i'm going to go... we got clients in today. [ male announcer ] save on ground shipping at fedex offi
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. >> i think government should sponged at the time. we all know we don't need another tragedy to point out the problems in the system. >> he wasn't the first person we heard that from yesterday. for the first time we heard powerful stories from the victims' families who have come together to make what's called the sandy hook promise, encouraging common-sense solutions to prevent another tragedy. rachel maddow talked to a couple. >> this is tough, but he said you promised you would protect us. >> yeah. >> and i did promise him that. >> sure. >> so what do i say to him? i can't change what happened. i know it wasn't our fault, we just sent him to school. >> i want to bring in "new york times" columnist nicksh and good morning to both of you. as the white house considers they actions, you already have a texas congressman saying -- i'm going to quote him here -- i will seek to thwart this action by any means necessary including by not definding the white house, even filing articles of impeachment. nick, does this give us a glimpse into wha
. >> i think government should sponged at the time. we all know we don't need another tragedy to point out the problems in the system. >> he wasn't the first person we heard that from yesterday. for the first time we heard powerful stories from the victims' families who have come together to make what's called the sandy hook promise, encouraging common-sense solutions to prevent another tragedy. rachel maddow talked to a couple. >> this is tough, but he said you promised you...
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the republicans want to cast this as government, anti-government. what obama is saying is that the broad american tradition is a much more moderate tradition where nobody on the progressive side now pretends that government can do everything. no one is talking about nationalizing steel mills or the banks. >> or even health care. >> exactly. >> they are saying that government can be a partner with the private sector, with the private charitable to get stuff done. the fundamental progressive position has been a position about balance between government and the rest of the society, and so government is a partner, and that was the argument he was making. >> michael steel, on the entitlement -- >> yeah. >> yes, he says weekly. there has been -- i mean, the question is how do republicans -- the "wall street journal" probably the busiest newsroom yesterday, so much to write about, says -- they write in an op ed, we the government. mr. obama will thus get a respectful hearing for his agenda even if he has never been as candid as he was monday in asserting h
the republicans want to cast this as government, anti-government. what obama is saying is that the broad american tradition is a much more moderate tradition where nobody on the progressive side now pretends that government can do everything. no one is talking about nationalizing steel mills or the banks. >> or even health care. >> exactly. >> they are saying that government can be a partner with the private sector, with the private charitable to get stuff done. the...
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a government of and by and for the people. we are responsible for each other. you know, the right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to sikhs in oak creek, wisconsin. the right to assemble peacefully, that right was denied shoppers in clackamas, oregon, and movie goers in aurora, colorado. that most fundamental set of rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, fundamental rights that were denied to college students at virginia tech and high school students at columbine and elementary school students in newtown and kids on street corners in chicago on too frequent a basis to tolerate. and all the families who never imagined that they'd lose a loved one to a bullet, those rights are at stake. we're responsible. and when i visited newtown last month, i spent some private time with many of the families who lost their children that day, and one was the family of grace mcdonnell, grace's parents were here. grace was 7 years old when she was struck down. just a gorgeous, caring, joyful little girl. i'm told she loved pink. she loved the
a government of and by and for the people. we are responsible for each other. you know, the right to worship freely and safely, that right was denied to sikhs in oak creek, wisconsin. the right to assemble peacefully, that right was denied shoppers in clackamas, oregon, and movie goers in aurora, colorado. that most fundamental set of rights to life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness, fundamental rights that were denied to college students at virginia tech and high school students at...
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a lot of it was targeting the batf and the government in black helicopters. and what did that culminate in? the attack in oklahoma city. so these actions, these words have consequences. i don't think glenn beck is going to go out there and set off a bomb. i don't think he has the cojones to do so. but people listening to him talking about a civil war and dictators a s tyrant. what do you do with a tyrant? it doesn't take a lot of imagination to hear more deranged minds than some of these go too far. >> and rupert murdoch tweeted today, "hopefully we'll get some real action on guns tomorrow, not just some staged managed stunt." well, can't murdoch take real action himself by telling his media personalities to dial back the rhetoric? >> sure. fox news feeds this paranoia all the time. fox news trots out the party line. i thought what david said earlier was very interesting about charles krauthammer or somebody like that coming out and saying let's have a serious conversation. the problem is there is a bargain with the devil here. it's the religious right combin
a lot of it was targeting the batf and the government in black helicopters. and what did that culminate in? the attack in oklahoma city. so these actions, these words have consequences. i don't think glenn beck is going to go out there and set off a bomb. i don't think he has the cojones to do so. but people listening to him talking about a civil war and dictators a s tyrant. what do you do with a tyrant? it doesn't take a lot of imagination to hear more deranged minds than some of these go too...
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don't just want to own a gun for protection, but who want the right to take up arms against their own government. they're never going to get middle american, they're always going to be fringe and they're going to lose this debate. >> thank you for joining us, i appreciate it. >>> a notre dame football star may soon explain how his inspiring story of overcoming tragedy is actually that have a hoax. manti te'o says he met a woman online that then became his girlfriend, but then she suddenly died. turns out the woman known only as land they kukkea never existed. he was 80% sure that manti te'o was in on it and that the two, together perpetrated this fake girlfriend's death with publicity in mind. teoday releasing this statement saying that apparently what was someone's joke and sick lies was humiliating and embarrassing. nbc's john yang live in south alabama for us. by playing a game in the days after the actual death of his grandmother and the supposed death of his girlfriend, basically dying within hours of each other. dead spin.com breaking the story on this. do we know more information from te'
don't just want to own a gun for protection, but who want the right to take up arms against their own government. they're never going to get middle american, they're always going to be fringe and they're going to lose this debate. >> thank you for joining us, i appreciate it. >>> a notre dame football star may soon explain how his inspiring story of overcoming tragedy is actually that have a hoax. manti te'o says he met a woman online that then became his girlfriend, but then she...
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is the government shutdown inevitable? greg waldon, a member of the leadership, he joins me on that issue and more on whether his party has primary problem. we will ask him how he plans to deal with that. >>> plus -- >> most people who know me know i'm -- i'm a pretty friendly guy. i like a good party. >> president obama responds to this chorus of criticism that he doesn't socialize enough. with the lack of interparty partying says about the tone in washington these days. first, sheer look ahead at the president's schedule. kind of a quiet day at the white house, we are told. we will see. all meetings not on the -- front of the video lens. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she se
is the government shutdown inevitable? greg waldon, a member of the leadership, he joins me on that issue and more on whether his party has primary problem. we will ask him how he plans to deal with that. >>> plus -- >> most people who know me know i'm -- i'm a pretty friendly guy. i like a good party. >> president obama responds to this chorus of criticism that he doesn't socialize enough. with the lack of interparty partying says about the tone in washington these days....
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i work for metro government. >> so i got to pay the government for them to lock me up? >> yeah, 'cause the government has to pay for your housing. it has to pay for these bills. >> no, i'm not going to bull county. >> you got to pay $25 a day to be incarcerated. >> that's bull [bleep] though is what i'm saying. you're charging me to be locked up. i didn't ask to be locked up. >> we're not charging you. >> i didn't say, "come lock me up." >> taxpayers voted that, all right? >> i didn't say, "come lock me up. here comes some money. here, i want to be in jail." i got bills on the street to pay. [bleep] i don't like paying the government to lock me up. >> step back in. >> [ clears throat ] >> he got kind of mad, but, you know, he's got to deal with the consequences. like lieutenant collins told him, he put money on the books illegally. you know, that's his fault. he lost everything he's got. so, you know, i was fair with him. i do the same to every inmate when they first get in a fight. they get 10 days. he's just not happy right now. >> say a, b, c, d, e, f, g narrator: br
i work for metro government. >> so i got to pay the government for them to lock me up? >> yeah, 'cause the government has to pay for your housing. it has to pay for these bills. >> no, i'm not going to bull county. >> you got to pay $25 a day to be incarcerated. >> that's bull [bleep] though is what i'm saying. you're charging me to be locked up. i didn't ask to be locked up. >> we're not charging you. >> i didn't say, "come lock me up."...
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they are trying to topple the government there. the french went in this weekend, then the french, on monday, they were sending in even more troops. the u.s. had reportedly thought the french were going it alone. but on tuesday, a whole bunch of african countries said they, too, would send help. it was togo, ghana, and senegal, all sending troops. at the same time, they said they would let them use air space. today, it is now an attack, a major hostage situation involving civilians from a bunch of other countries, civilians including americans. it happened in a algeria, and americans and others were taken at a natural gas facility, bp. they were from ireland, canada, and france. the natural gas facility was here in a remote area of northeastern algeria, the group claiming responsibility says it was retaliation for them using air space in maly. he has reportedly struck out on his own now. according to the algerian government, the hostage-takers were traveling in three cars with lots of guns and first tried to attack a bus, transporti
they are trying to topple the government there. the french went in this weekend, then the french, on monday, they were sending in even more troops. the u.s. had reportedly thought the french were going it alone. but on tuesday, a whole bunch of african countries said they, too, would send help. it was togo, ghana, and senegal, all sending troops. at the same time, they said they would let them use air space. today, it is now an attack, a major hostage situation involving civilians from a bunch...
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government and the british government won't negotiate, they will kill those hostages. this guy is not zarqawi, but in some ways he's worse because he's unpredictable. they're looking for money, if they can't get money, they'll start killing hostages, almost for certain. >> a developing story, again, we will have much more on this as we get more throughout the day. today's tweet of the day on a very different topic comes from congresswoman michelle because. wishing michelle obama a happy birthday. she's an amazing example for women and young girls everywhere. oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. >>> the international olympic committee is stripping him of his bronze med
government and the british government won't negotiate, they will kill those hostages. this guy is not zarqawi, but in some ways he's worse because he's unpredictable. they're looking for money, if they can't get money, they'll start killing hostages, almost for certain. >> a developing story, again, we will have much more on this as we get more throughout the day. today's tweet of the day on a very different topic comes from congresswoman michelle because. wishing michelle obama a happy...
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. >> today we can declare government is not the problem. and government is not the solution. we, the american people, we are the solution. >> the best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. >> this monday president obama will deliver his second inaugural address. he will be facing on fronts both domestic and foreign. already on deck, bolstering an economy that is slowly recovering, bridge aing deep divide over the nation's finance, winding down the war in afghanistan and negotiating a volatile situation in both the middle east and northern africa. in addition to the challenges set upon him, the president has made clear his own priorities. changes to the country's gun safety laws and an overhaul of america's broken immigration system. can he do did all? the man himself understands it will be a careful negotiation. >> i'm more than familiar with all the literature about presidential overreach in second terms. we are very cautious about that. on the other hand, i didn't get re-elected just to bask in re-election. >> michael, he does not sound l
. >> today we can declare government is not the problem. and government is not the solution. we, the american people, we are the solution. >> the best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world. >> this monday president obama will deliver his second inaugural address. he will be facing on fronts both domestic and foreign. already on deck, bolstering an economy that is slowly recovering, bridge aing deep divide over the nation's finance, winding...
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there were battles over continuing resolutions to fund the government in 2011. there was a summer of 2011 with the debt ceiling. there was the super committee. they were setting up the fiscal cliff. now we've got continuing resolution in march. now we've got the sequester, march 1st. now we've got debt ceiling all over again. one of these points -- i thought the ideal time for obama to do this would have been the fiscal cliff because i thought that was the softest -- none of these deadlines are pretty, but that was the softest deadline you could possibly have. clearly public opinion was going to be on obama's side if we went over there. maybe he could have gotten -- he would have had more leverage if he got over that date, but i think the good news to the extent there's good news here is you are hearing republican voices. you play gingrich, but i'm hearing republicans in the house right now who are talking more in terms of making the continuing resolution, funding the government, making that the point where they make their stand on spending cuts and not the debt
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and efficient government. why are those words so important? >> because the american people don't care what the size of government. they do care what types of services government gives. and quite frankly, how much government takes. >> and also, whether the government pays its bills or not. but e.j., this is all in the arena of the republican mantra that they want to make sure that they drive home to the american people that government doesn't do anything well, that we must privatize almost everything we can get our hands on. isn't that really what it's about? >> well, you know, somebody tweeted today, i have forgotten who it was, that president obama talked today as if he just won an election. and guess what? this issue was on the table. and the american people decided no, they don't believe, we don't believe as a people that all government is useless. we expect a lot of things of government. and i actually thought that little segment you showed from frank luntz is very revealing, because republicans for years
and efficient government. why are those words so important? >> because the american people don't care what the size of government. they do care what types of services government gives. and quite frankly, how much government takes. >> and also, whether the government pays its bills or not. but e.j., this is all in the arena of the republican mantra that they want to make sure that they drive home to the american people that government doesn't do anything well, that we must privatize...
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i'm here to govern. but the fact is my last election contest years ago i think i spent like $250,000. the total amount of money in my election contest this year was well over $20 million, you know, back when i was here before that's more than was spent in the presidential contest. we need to change the way we do politics. we need to take money out of politics and congress needs to go back to work governing. >> rick nolan, some amazing numbers. $250,000 in your last race. 20 million when you factor in the outside groups in this race. some stunning numbers there in those work week numbers. thanks for coming on. it's been nice to meet you. we'll see you, i'm sure, again soon. >> thank you. >> all right. check out our website. rundown.msnbc.com. we're putting our whole series of interviews with these new members, meeting the new members of congress, up there now. you'll see them all. we'll continue this for the next few weeks. there are a lot of new members to get to know. trust me. next the latest on the in
i'm here to govern. but the fact is my last election contest years ago i think i spent like $250,000. the total amount of money in my election contest this year was well over $20 million, you know, back when i was here before that's more than was spent in the presidential contest. we need to change the way we do politics. we need to take money out of politics and congress needs to go back to work governing. >> rick nolan, some amazing numbers. $250,000 in your last race. 20 million when...
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to govern. he came at it from sort of a centrist, pragmatist approach, and it didn't work out so well for him a lot of the times. he faced a congress in republican hands for the last two years in the house that did not, you know, accept his agenda or pass it through the way he would like it. so i think he learned from this election, gave him the confidence to say the election delivered a mandate for my vision of government, my vision of politics, one that involves gay rights, immigration, climate change, an issue that he hasn't really spoken of since his attempts to deal with it in 2009, fell short. so this was really a different president coming out, using the election as a turning point for his agenda and really making clear that that cautious pragmatist of the last four years, that often came out, is going to give way to someone who is unabashedly starting negotiations from a more progressive liberal standpoint than he was willing to do in the recent past. >> not surprisingly, there's been so
to govern. he came at it from sort of a centrist, pragmatist approach, and it didn't work out so well for him a lot of the times. he faced a congress in republican hands for the last two years in the house that did not, you know, accept his agenda or pass it through the way he would like it. so i think he learned from this election, gave him the confidence to say the election delivered a mandate for my vision of government, my vision of politics, one that involves gay rights, immigration,...
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especially government. so when you have two lead earls of the sports institution at the very least covering up and te'o at the very least covered up this hoax, it just feeds that feeling that we can't trust anybody right now and if voters can't trust washington, if they can't trust their leaders, it is hard to get anything done. >> is that something that's isolated to now? i'm a kid of the '70s. i grew up with this image of the president being a liar. richard nixon. that's all i would hear and my impressions of lawmakers in washington, greatly formed early on during those '70s regarding that. is this so unique? i mean, even looking back i covered that baseball home run derby with sammy sosa and mark maguire and kids screaming in chicago for sammy sosa and now you probably wouldn't want your kid to get that guy's autograph. >> if you look at the polling on our faith and institutions, it hit a peak in the '40s and '50s, in the early '60s and started to decline with the vietnam war and then as you say with nix
especially government. so when you have two lead earls of the sports institution at the very least covering up and te'o at the very least covered up this hoax, it just feeds that feeling that we can't trust anybody right now and if voters can't trust washington, if they can't trust their leaders, it is hard to get anything done. >> is that something that's isolated to now? i'm a kid of the '70s. i grew up with this image of the president being a liar. richard nixon. that's all i would...
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as the congressman said, from a continuous conversation about how we can cut the government. what kind of a presidency would that be for the next four years. he has to get back to talking about the areas where we can get something done like immigration, tax reform. even the immigration parts that brings in all sorts of people. but he also has at deep seated opposition to war which i think is refreshing from the previous administration. >> chris -- >> i think that's the vice president just shaking hands with al roker of the "today" show. >> he's done it. >> i didn't see al. >> tamron? >> i love it. maybe he could have got us a really good get there. >> we're not very far from -- we're just past the white house, and they were still out of the vehicle, and i have to tell you, rachel, at one point we witnessed the first lady with a literal bounce in her step. they are soaking this in and really enjoying this. dwight eisenhower had the longest inaugural parade, 4 1/2 hours. this obviously much shorter, but given the beautiful weather today and the energy and really the enjoyment y
as the congressman said, from a continuous conversation about how we can cut the government. what kind of a presidency would that be for the next four years. he has to get back to talking about the areas where we can get something done like immigration, tax reform. even the immigration parts that brings in all sorts of people. but he also has at deep seated opposition to war which i think is refreshing from the previous administration. >> chris -- >> i think that's the vice...
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we can't make the arguments we need to make, which is that we need to balance the budget, that our government needs to be 19% of gdp, that we've got to fight to cut taxes, that we've got to fight to cut corporate tax rates, we've got to inform entitlements, we've got to do these things i think conservatives are best suited to do, instead of being engaged on fights on the periphery. we've got to narrow our focus and get back to first principles, and if we don't do that, the republican party's going to be in the minority for a very long time. >> joe scarborough from "morning joe," i like "afternoon joe" too. thank you very much. >> i like your time slot a lot better than ours, actually. 1:00's okay. >> try it some time, sleep in a bit. >> i'd like to. >>> coming up next, the gun lobby reacts to the president's proposals and that nra ad. >>> plus, biden, bloomberg, and gabby giffords. there's a trio inside "time's" special edition on gun control. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up
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sense of entitlement that because they work for the police department or because they work for the government or for a city agency in new york, that they can do whatever they want. >> according to jimmy, many officers tasked with enforcing traffic and parking laws are also breaking them. >> the same people who write these tickets have these placards they put in the windshield of their cars that identify them as traffic cops, as police officers, as court officers. then they use these parking placards illegally. >> april 2009. jimmy justice is on patrol in brooklyn, new york. >> i notice a vehicle with a police department placard in it parked at a fire hydrant, and that raised my suspicions. >> jimmy breaks out his camera and starts recording. >> so i waited a couple of moments, and then i see an off-duty police officer with his wife and kid holding shopping bags coming out of a store and getting into their car. they had gone shopping, personal shopping, while he was parked at a fire hydrant, endangering the community. what if a fire would have broken out? >> after loading his young son into th
sense of entitlement that because they work for the police department or because they work for the government or for a city agency in new york, that they can do whatever they want. >> according to jimmy, many officers tasked with enforcing traffic and parking laws are also breaking them. >> the same people who write these tickets have these placards they put in the windshield of their cars that identify them as traffic cops, as police officers, as court officers. then they use these...